Lamp housing



Jan. 13, 1931. L. c. KUEHNER 1,788,723

LAMP HOUSING Filed Aug. 19. 1929 E6 1 fji. 2

' a pe 'tieu arly;tes gnrlemp o h yr is s0'.c01is; tructed,that the manufacture there:

Patented Jan. 13; 1931 LAMIFOUS'IIYQ v e pneati m fiiea August 19,1929. Serial K 1321 363.

i relates generally: to lampsi used on rai road an in he co ne ti n where signalilarnps (of this type are em r oyed,- hep edom na t obiet of i the n: venti n e ng t p' ovide signal la ph ch v offisivery greatly siinplified,iWi-th the reali:

0 I.nt;he; operatiomd railroad great Variety of; lamps for signaling and" other: purpeses -isi,emp1oyed, a P i r ethis io 'of a or po d ng sa ng i h 0st.

ofis'uch manuf cture intended "for use on ra lroads are made which I are provided either; with one, two or four 1en'ses,-andhereto,fore it has been necessary for the ,manufacturers of these lamps, to be stock of lamp housings ,enfn

supplied with" a ployed ,in, makingwlamps' of each variety. 1 The necessity for the maintenance of stocksof lamp housings of-idiiierentvarie-fi ties, together with the inconvenience incident to-theabsenceof 'standardization'inconnec' H associatedinthe'usual mannerh Each of the seetions 1. oi the body jPOQItiOIYBiS protion with lamp housings;; hasbeen a source of expense to? lamp manufacturers, V and I have therefore devised the lamphous ng d1s- V closedhereln, which, briefly stated, involves f providinga plurality of lamp housing parts from which any one of a number of varieties of lamp "housings may this arrangement it is necessary merely that be constructed. By

the lamp manufacturer be supplied With a stock oflamp housingparts of buttwo types, and from these lamp housing parts lamps of i the one, two, or four lens type may be readily constructed. 7 necessity for the maintenance on hand of stocks of'lamp housings of a number of dif-v ferent types, and as a result themanufacture oflamp housings is simplified and the cost of suchmanufaoture reduced.

Fig; 1 1s a side elevationof a lamp housi lens type constructed in aci e theseet ens 1w: a rang d with respect to I ea h r9 th t th u varied e ge; portion t e ioe isigseatedin theidepression ing of the one cordance with thls invention. v

Fig. 2 is'a cross-sectlon on l1ne'2'2 of Fig.1,

Q an d base -D3a17eof conventional design, any

' The bedyp m "th reoi W "At-the,edg feach seetionil and 25 i the p This entirely eliminates the fl l i i l s .WPB- "F g i -i sa cro'ss-section through hering t he fou e s typ I 1 In the dr w ng, w re n is th P po e o lu tra nam r y, one mbeds merit of the inventionfA. djesi'gnatjejsmyim- Pr ed lam-p m s l' gWhiQh'Q QIPliSeSIabody 120 193 B, a E PIQ, and-a base The topi suit bletweedhesebe ng dapted for s ei e 'o lamp" h u ngs i enst ed in ac-"- te dance thwmy) nv nti np d; Saidtop G and the be to 'ws lisoi h=- emp housing tQWhiTQh t eba eli i at a d eingse in Flee; as Pa ts of he amp h in n the v 'v nl eq itl e l mp ho si g A. sonstrec ed e a plu a ty f e t wh ehie riv ted orweth w s u ed tothene hei ge p oyed, in th bftheianip ho i g llustrat d in Figs 1 mid three 1 Fig; 1 .5 mosseaiqn r mughxaliaim T segfiionslwhich 'may he referred'to herein as 1 blank" sections, and which are 1 duplicates of w h (thenn one e t n 2 w ch h ase sociated withxit a goggleS withwhichea lens ,Vid dalon one e ge. ther with: a

se'z'gle" e t o 2 is p r ed a ng on edg a d p p r oa 2) DdYIPQlfiQHIBr opposit t the d pres e e pl rtien t efi fi ai e on is consist.-

Wi h the. ema nder f his fien other lhianflthe depressed pqntion thereofythatis ff I n i I a l Y i i PW 364 p gtlfi and-1n; llke mannerithe" j j r sayi e depre s pbrti-onk p esent at. one

' edge only'ofeach of the sections 1and;2-.* It

ll be np edi s y i r ng p r u rly;

t F g.- theteashef-the sec i nsrlis a l x est filiar ica etozt o er sections 1,, and v thfiWiQli-Q (s id-se t eesare sempl tely inter; 'eheeeeeb ewi ea h pth ri ee. 'n et algiaiiilw ie h g of the the lens type as illustrated in Figs. 1 and2, three,

70 gethertogproducethe complete body portion,

provided by thedepressed portion 5 of the next adjacent section. Also, the section 2 is arranged in place, so that the depression provided; by the depressed portion 6 thereof receives the unvaried edge portion 7 of the next adjacent section 1 at one side thereof, and with the unvaried edge portion 8 of saidsection 2 seated in the depression provided by the depressed portion. 5 of the section 1 at theopposite side'of said section 2. The adj a-, cent sections land 2 are then secured together in any suitable manner, as, for 1nstance, by means of rivets 9, said rivets passing through the overlappingedge portions of the adjacent sections as shown in Fig. 2. Vhen the sections 1 and 2 have been secured together as described'to produce the body portion B, the lamp housing'bottomrwall E, with the base D attached thereto, anclthe top 0 are secured in place in the usual manner, and the lamp housing is complete.

When it isdesired toconstruct a two lens 7 lamp housing,"such as that illustrated in Fig.

portions of adjacent sections disposed in over-.

3, in accordance with my invention, the

method followed is-exactly ashas already" been described in connection with the one lens type of lamp housing illustrated in Figs.

'1 and 2, with the'exception that instead of using one-ofthe goggle sections 1 asin the construction shown in Fig. '2, two oftthe'se sectionsa re employed, said goggle sections being designated .by the reference "character 2 in Inthe two lens type ofhousing' the sections 2 are' associated with ,t wo sections 1 whichcorrespond exactly with the sections lot the construction illustrated in Fig. 3-, said sections '2 being disposed opposite to each other in the lamp housing shown in Fig. 3 andthe section's 1 and 2 -being secured together in the manner already'described in connection with the structure shown in'Fig. 2. 1 v v WVh'en a lamp housing of the fourlens type su'ch'as "thatillustrated in Fig. 4 is con A structed in accordance with my invention,

fourgogglesections 2 areeinployed, said goggle sections being'exact duplicates ofithel 7 sections together.

limited to this type of lamp, as my invention is applicable to lamps of various other types and for other purposes.

I claim: 1. A- lamp housing comprising a body portion formed of a plurality of sections extended longitudinally of the lamp housing, said sections being so constructed and arranged asto be interchangeable in the manufacture oflamp housings with other sections to produce'lamp housings of different varieties, said construction and arrangement being embodied in overlapping portions :formed on adjacent sections, and means at said overlapping portions for securing said 2. A lamp housing comprising abody portion formed-of a plurality of sections extended longitudinally of the lamp housing, said sections being so constructed and arranged as'to be interchangeable in the manufacture oflamp housings with other toflproduce lamp housings of diflerent varieties, such construction and arrangement being. embodied iii-overlapping portions formed on adjacent =sections,-and rivets extended through said overlapping portions for securing said sections together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I my signature.

: LoUIs,G.1KUEHNER; f

goggle sections2and 2 of the constructions" illusti-ated 'in Figs. 2 and 3, respectively; j The goggle'sections'2? are' arranged relative to each' other, as shown in Fig. 4, thatis, with lapping relation, and said sections are se- 7 cured together 'atsa1d yer-lapp ng portions that a number by rivets 9" or otherwise. I

It is obvious, 'inview of thejfore'going, of diflferent types of lamp housings may be constructed from astock of lamp housing sections of only twovarieties,

and it is plain that a substantial saving in time and'money will be realized in the use of my invention.

While Ihav'e described my invention as 6- lating particularly to the manufacture of railroad signal lamps, Ido not wish-to be 

